Arts Roundup
The Arts Roundup provides you with the latest headlines and happenings related to arts and culture in the Edmonton region.
Published every Thursday
Recent editions
Thursday, April 9, 2026
With news from Augusta Fashion and Textiles, Pocket-Sized Series, Jane's Walk YEG, BatRabbit Collective, Edmonton Poetry Festival, Beamdog, and more.
Read this editionThursday, April 2, 2026
With news from Edmonton Arts Council, Mariel Buckley, Axios Men's Ensemble, Pro Coro Canada, The Aviary, AJA Louden, MacEwan, Fringe, and more.
Read this editionThursday, March 26, 2026
With news from the Country Music Alberta Awards, Dear Future YEG, Jacquie Daniels, CKUA, the Expanse Festival, NorthwestFilmFest, and more.
Read this editionRecently in the roundup
Sustainable designer celebrates Edmonton's textile history at Vancouver Fashion Week
Maria Augusta of Augusta Fashion and Textiles will debut her new collection, 54°N, at Vancouver Fashion Week this month.
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Arts prize finalists headed to screen
The Edmonton Arts Council has shared the finalists for the Edmonton Arts Prizes, including three films showing at the Garneau Theatre as part of NorthwestFilmFest this month.
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City seeks Indigenous artist for legacy project
An Indigenous artist from Treaty 6 territory will be tasked with creating a piece to represent Edmonton and nation-wide municipal collaboration.
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Recent arts articles
Jane's Walk organizers pass the torch to ECAMP after 16 years
The original organizers of Jane's Walk YEG are stepping aside to let the Edmonton City As a Museum Project take over the festival of community-led neighbourhood tours.
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Small-scale concert series makes human and digital connections
A new concert-recording project inspired by an immensely popular NPR series is leveraging human connections made in an intimate space to create a valuable digital product for artists.
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History is worth paying for, say heritage advocates
When the institutions that preserve a place's history lose funding, much is at risk, say the heads of two historical societies whose budgets have been cut.
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